; Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 10:01:21 -0400 ; From: Jim Muth ; Subject: [Fractint] FOTD 23-07-04 (Scepter Star [5]) ; Id: <1.5.4.16.20040723100127.391f3448@pop.mindspring.com> ; --------- ; ; FOTD -- July 23, 2004 (Rating 5) ; ; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts: ; ; Today's image is fast as lightning. 9.77 seconds is hard to ; beat. The speed is especially impressive when it is realized ; that I once did a fractal that took over 17 days to complete, ; and even then it never made the exalted group of fractals ; known as FOTD's. I have long since lost track of that 2-1/2 ; week image, but as I recall, it was so routine that I would ; have discarded it even if it had rendered in 2-1/2 minutes. ; ; Just as a long render time does not necessarily make a fractal ; good, a short render time does not necessarily make a fractal ; bad. Today's image lies in the gray border area between good ; and bad. It is what one would expect at this depth of the ; Mandelbrot set in the vicinity of the large midget at -1.75 on ; the X-axis. I rated it at a 5 accordingly. When the near ; instant render time is considered, the overall value rates an ; obviously artificially high 3067. ; ; The exact location of the image is in a scepter in a slight ; spiral on the northern shore of the third bud on the main stem ; of the largest midget. I named it "Scepter Star" for descrip- ; tive reasons. The fastest way to see the image is to run the ; included parameter file. If you are not set up to conveniently ; run parameter files, the best way is to download the completed ; image from the FOTD web site at: ; ; ; ; Wednesday and Thursday were typically hot sultry days here at ; Fractal Central. The duo of cats made the most of things by ; spending both afternoons in the shade of the holly trees, which ; are already filled with the green berries that will turn red as ; cold weather approaches. By the time the showers arrived on ; Thursday evening, the cats were ready to come indoors. I passed ; the time trying to catch up the backlog of work. I'm almost ; thinking of sending some of it to be done elsewhere, but I have ; not quite yet made the decision. The next FOTD will appear in a ; day or two. Until then, take care, and keep a stiff upper ; fractal. ; ; ; Jim Muth ; jamth@mindspring.com ; jimmuth@aol.com ; ; ; START PARAMETER FILE======================================= Scepter-Star { ; time=0:00:09.77--SF5 on a P200 reset=2003 type=mandel center-mag=-1.7795765124445\ 44/+0.00036527935588667/8.701034e+010/1/72.5526171\ 829100832/-0.0592587906289372829 params=0/0 float=y maxiter=2200 bailout=9 inside=0 logmap=282 periodicity=10 colors=00061X62W63V74U75T87S89RDMQIOPNQOSTNXXMa`Lf\ dKkhJrmJvrJzvJwtOuqStoWrm_pkcoigmgkleo_leNuWAzNIwV\ PubXsjcmrbhqacpaZn`Wm_Ul_TjZSiZRhYQfXPeXOcWMbVLaVK\ _UJZTI_TH`SGaCKbDKcEKdFJcEIaEGYDFRCEKBCFABAAA5CDAD\ GEFJIGLMIOQJRUKUYMWaNZePaiQdmRfqSdlTchUbdVa`W`XXZT\ YYPZXL_WH_VDdYLi`SncZsfewgkpbfiW`bPVWJPPCJJ6ED1AI6\ CMBDQGEUKFYPGbUIgYJlbKqgLvkMohNheObcPW`QPYQKWRETS8\ QT3OTB_YIjaPueOrgNpiNmjMklLhnLfoKcqKarL`pL`oM`nM`m\ N`lN`kO`jO`iO_gP_fP_eQ_dQ_cR_bR_aR_`STVTMQTFKU8FU1\ AX3C_5Eb7Ge9IhBKkDMnFOqHQsIRqKUoLWmNZkO`iQcgReeThc\ UjaWm_XomiVzvAts8nq7io6cl5Zj4Th3Of2Qd9RcFTaLU`RV_X\ XYbYXh_Vn`UtaTz_UxZUvYUtXUsVUqUUoTUmSUlUUlXVmZWmaY\ nd_ofaoibpkcpfdjaeeXf_TgVShUSiUSjUSkUSlUSmUSnUSoUS\ pUTqTSrUSsUStUSuUSvUSwUSxUSyUSzUSzUSzUSzUJzBKzDLzF\ MzGMzINzJOzLPzNPzOQzQRzRSzTBzSDzTFzTHzTIzTKzTMzUNz\ UPzURzUdzoczmbzlazkazj`zh } ; END PARAMETER FILE========================================= ; ;